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Name: Novitiate
Released: 2017-10-6
Cast: Margaret Qualley, Melissa Leo, Julianne Nicholson, Dianna Agron, Maddie Hasson

Novitiate

R
2h 3m
2017

86%

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Set in the early 1950s through to the mid-60s and during the era of Vatican II, a young woman in training to become a nun struggles with issues of faith, the changing church and sexuality.

Director:

Margaret Betts

Producer:

Carole Peterman, Celine Rattray, Trudie Styler

Cast:

Margaret Qualley, Melissa Leo, Julianne Nicholson, Dianna Agron, Maddie Hasson, Morgan Saylor

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

86%

Critics Consensus: Led by a gripping performance from Melissa Leo, Novitiate grapples uncompromisingly -- and ultimately compellingly -- with questions of faith and feminism.

Reviews

Epoch Times

Michael Clark

Tackling such heady (and polarizing) subjects, such as religion and puberty in the same movie, is a daunting and unenviable task. It’s the cinematic equivalent of sitting on a dry powder keg located next to a raging bonfire.

Writer/director Margaret Betts' fine first feature pulls back the veil on the cloistered lives of nuns and novitiates who enter the convent to devote themselves to Christ.

November 4, 2021

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AARP Movies for Grownups

Thelma Adams

Director Margaret Betts offers a beautifully-shot, thoughtful drama, filled with some fine acting, particularly by Melissa Leo.

Superior performances by Melissa Leo and newcomer Margaret Qualley bring Margaret Betts' convent drama Novitiate into sharp, aching focus.

Maggie Betts' first feature is remarkably assured, bringing us into a hidden world filled with complex characters struggling with issues of faith, identity, and change.

November 4, 2021

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